Category Archives: Blog

Homemade Satellite Antenna

Posted on February 5, 2018 by

I was at one time quite active on the early OSCAR satellites. In those days (I’m going back over 35+ years) it was 2m to 10m linear transponder(s). Having not done anything with satellite communications for such a long time … Continue reading →

Posted in 70cms, Blog, Satellites

An SDR based QRSS Grabber

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

About a year ago I purchased the NooElec Ham It Up v1.3 bare bones HF Up-converter (HFU) to use with their NeSDR SMArt dongle. The plan at that time was to get an SDR-based QRSS Grabber running online 24/7. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, QRSS / WSPR / QRP, SDR

Not QRT

Posted on January 4, 2018 by

It’s been several months since my last blog post. Although little has happened as far as updates to my website / Blog there’s been a fair amount of activity going on behind the scenes. Some of this activity has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog

A new LDF4-50 Magnetic Loop Antenna

Posted on July 6, 2017 by

Having recently changed my car I realised this week that the diameter of my LDF5-50 Magnetic Loop (ML) is fractionally too big to fit in the back of my new car!!! So something needed to be done if I wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Magnetic Loops

23cms VLNA Finally Installed at the Masthead

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

It’s been a long slow process but today I finally finished installing the G4DDK 23cms VLNA at the masthead. The extended timeline was partly due to some other improvements that needed to be done to the 2m EME setup and … Continue reading →

Posted in 23cms, Blog, EME, GHz_Bands

Tidy-up of the 1.3GHz Transverter

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

Having completed the 1.3GHz PA and established that things work well with the transverter (TVTR) and PA located in the shack it was time to tidy things up a bit. I had a spare enclosure that matched the Anglian TVTR and … Continue reading →

Posted in 23cms, Blog, GHz_Bands

A Fun Couple Of Days On 23cms

Posted on May 5, 2017 by

Having recently completed the ~20W PA for 23cms I was looking for some activity on the band to see what difference the extra few watts would make. Unfortunately I had just missed the monthly UKAC session. Reading the UKMicrowave Digest I … Continue reading →

Posted in 23cms, Blog, EME, GHz_Bands

1.3GHz 20W PA

Posted on April 26, 2017 by

My plan to be QRV on 23cms EME continues to move forward albeit at a rather different pace to what I’d originally envisaged. After a period of many weeks where little progress was made I’ve focussed my mind on getting … Continue reading →

Posted in 23cms, Blog, EME, GHz_Bands

1.3GHz Transverter – separate TX / RX ports

Posted on March 6, 2017 by

The SG-Lab TR1300 transverter continues to impress me. My current setup on 1.3GHz is the TR1300 with Sam, G4DDK’s VLNA and a single 67 element long yagi. The Anglian transverter is used on the 144MHz IF side, both transverters are locked … Continue reading →

Posted in 23cms, Blog, EME, GHz_Bands

QRPp WSPR and FSKCW tests on 40m using the U3

Posted on January 22, 2017 by

I recently built the QRP-Labs LPF switching board plus a couple of extra filters for 80m and 40m. I’d had these kits gathering dust for probably 12 months plus. Other projects had taken priority and I’d not really run any … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, QRSS / WSPR / QRP